Dick Clement
creator
Porridge
Overview
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two inmates at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland. "Doing porridge" is British slang for serving a prison sentence, porridge once being the traditional breakfast in UK prisons. The series was followed by a 1978 sequel, Going Straight, which established that Fletcher would not be going back to prison again. Porridge was voted number seven in a 2004 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British sitcoms.81%
Ian La Frenais
creator
Cast
Ronnie Barker
Norman Stanley Fletcher
Total episodes: 18
Richard Beckinsale
Lennie Godber
Total episodes: 18
Fulton Mackay
Mr. Mackay
Total episodes: 18
Brian Wilde
Mr. Barrowclough
Total episodes: 18
Michael Barrington
Governor Venables
Total episodes: 8
Christopher Biggins
Lukewarm
Total episodes: 5
Ken Jones
Ives
Total episodes: 4
Paul McDowell
Mr. Collinson
Total episodes: 4
Brian Glover
Heslop
Total episodes: 3
Ronald Lacey
Harris
Total episodes: 3
Graham Ashley
Mr. Appleton
Total episodes: 2
Eric Dodson
Mr. Banyard
Total episodes: 2
Ronnie Barker
Norman Stanley Fletcher
Total episodes: 18
Richard Beckinsale
Lennie Godber
Total episodes: 18
Fulton Mackay
Mr. Mackay
Total episodes: 18
Brian Wilde
Mr. Barrowclough
Total episodes: 18
Michael Barrington
Governor Venables
Total episodes: 8
Christopher Biggins
Lukewarm
Total episodes: 5
Ken Jones
Ives
Total episodes: 4
Paul McDowell
Mr. Collinson
Total episodes: 4
Brian Glover
Heslop
Total episodes: 3
Ronald Lacey
Harris
Total episodes: 3
Graham Ashley
Mr. Appleton
Total episodes: 2
Eric Dodson
Mr. Banyard
Total episodes: 2
Extra
Release Date
September 5, 1974Last air Date
March 25, 1977Status
EndedOriginal Language
EnglishNetworks
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Series 3
Aired on: 1977 | 6 Episodes
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